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Little Jimmy said
"Not being argumentative (or maybe I am ) but the girl I'm describing is definitely getting out of the way as best she can. She's turning head and body, but throwing the hand up as a reflex."
This description is a far different one than the first post to this thread. Based on this second description, I do not have interference.
And, in your extreme, "Batter reacts by twisting but because of the speed of the pitch she can't avoid. Hand drops down as an instinctive reaction. Interference just because of the hand?" I do not have interference there, either.
If the batter makes no effort to avoid the pitch and just blocks or catches the ball, I may have interference. If, in my judgement, the pitch would not have hit the batter and the batter blocks or catches the ball (because the batter thought it would hit her) - I most likely have interference and will call it.
Maybe it's different in 11-12 yr old ball. I don't know - I don't work those games. With these knees, I can't get low enough in my plate stance to do them justice. And, frankly, I prefer games where the players know what they are doing.
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